Barrel-rack.



A. N. STAVELY.

BARREL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED saw. 6, 1911.

1,619,55U. Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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ALWYN STAVELY, OF LYNCH, MARYLAND.

BARREL-RACK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed September 6, 1911. SerialNo. 647,862.

To all whom it may concern" Be it known that I, ALwYN N. STAVELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynch, in the county of Kent and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto store furniture, and more especially to racks for supporting barrels; and the object of the same is to produce a stand or rack in which a barrel may be supported and piv otall y held so that it can be tilted to discharge its liquid contents or may be moved over the floor if the rack be provided with casters. This object is carried out by the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein Figure'l is a perspective view of this barrel rack complete. Fig. 2 is a front" elevation thereof with one of the standards in section. Fig. 3 is a detail of the metallic portions removed. v

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a pair of parallel sills mounted on casters 2 and connected at their extremities by cross bars 3, whereof one is shown hinged to one sill as at 4 and connected to the other by the latch 5 so that it may be raised to pass the sills astride'tlie standing barrel without lifting the latterott the floor. From the center of the two sills rise uprights or standards 6 which are connected at their upper ends by a horizontal cross head 7 attached to them by tenons 8 or otherwise; and the standards may be braced from the sills-by braces 9. The latter and the hinge and latch may be of metal, and all other partsof wood of the desired sizes and proportions.

Secured upon the cross head 7 is a. wear plate 10 through which passes loosely a screw 11, and a hand wheel 12 engages this screw above said plate and may have a crank handle 13. The lower end of the screw connects with a yoke 14:, and the lower extremities of its arms have eyes 15 loosely engag ing pins 16 which project diametrically from opposite sides of a circular band 17 capable of surrounding a barrel of the ordinary size and split at one point ,where its Through the latter passes. a screw 19 for drawing the ears toward each other and clamping the band around the barrel, and on said screw is pivoted an eye 20 at the rear end of a handle 21 which lies upon the barrel as seen in Fig. 1. All these parts are by preference of metal.

Each standard is provided within its inner face with an upright groove 26 opening laterally at its lower end in a mouth 27 as best seen in section in Fig. 2, and the pins 16 of'the band 17 project into said grooves and stand therein when'the barrel B occupies its normal position which is so far elevated above the base of the rack and floor that it. can be turned to upright position as seen in Fig. 2. When the handle 21 is grasped and the barrel tilted to horizontal position as seen in Fig. 1, its spigot S comes into position to permit. its liquid contents to .be drawn ofl as therein illustrated; and at other times or Whenevendesired the barrel. may be stood upright as seen in Fig. 2.

In iise the barrel is lifted over the front cross bar 3, or if the barrel be heavy itis stood upright on the floor and the band 18 clamped around the same by tightening up the screw 20 in a manner which will be clear. The latch 5 is disconnected and the front cross bar raised around its hinge 4 so that the entire rack can be moved over its casters 2 until the outer extremities of the pins 16 enter the mouths 27 of the grooves 26, the eyes at the lower ends of the yoke arms having first been slipped over said pins; and then the cross bar 3 is restored to its proper position, and the hand wheel 12 rotated to cause the screw 11 to rise. In doing so it raises the yoke 14 and with it the band 17 and barrel B, and in rising the pins 16 rise within the grooves 26 as will be clear. This continues until the lower end of I i the barrel is raised off the floor and above the cross bars 3 to sufficient height to permit it to swing within the rack and beneath the top of the yoke 14 therein. The barrel then stands as seen in Fig. 2, and obviously it can be moved from place to place by pushing the entire rack over the floor. When it is desired to decant the contents of the barrel, the operator grasps the handle 21 and draws forward on it whereby the barrel is tilted from an upright to-a horizontal posisition as seen in Fig. 1, and the spigot- S is then operated to exhaust a charge of its liquid contents. After doing so the barrel maybe permitted to remain in a horizontal position, or can be again elevated to the position shown in Fig. 1. lVhen the barrel is finally emptied of its contents, the operation is reversed to remove the rack from the barrel,the screw 19"loosened to disconnect the band 17 therefrom, and then the band can be reapplied to another barrel and the operation repeated Changesfin the details of construction.

a may be made without departing from the principle of myinvention as expressed in the following claims.

-' What is claimed as new is:

1. In a barrel rack, the combination with upright standards mounted on suitable feet and connected by a cross head, a wear plate on the latter, a screw passing through the cross head and plate, a hand wheel threaded on the screw above the plate, and a yoke connected with the lower end of the screw and having eyes at. the lower ends of its arms; of a band having diametrically opposite pins at its sides, the uprights being pro- -vided in their inner faces with grooves for the pins opening at their lower extremities in mouths, means for tightening the band around a barrel, and a handle connected with said band.

2. In a barrel rack, the combination with upright standards connected by a cross head and having'upright' grooves in their inner faces each opening out one edge at one extremity, and barrel-elevating means ,connected with said cross head; of a band of a size to surround a barrel and split at one point and having ears at its extremities at opposite sides of said split, a screw connecting sai'd'ears, a handle having an eye pivoted' on said screw, pins projecting radially outward from opposite sides of said band and adapted to engage said grooves, and connections between the arms of the barrelelevating means and said pins. 7

In testimony whereof I a'flix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'-Wi'tnesses: I

WALTER U. Loser, ANNIE E. LUSBY.

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